Sex education and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: an explorative analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Secondary multivariable logistic regression models for associations between sex education and self-poisoning

	Model 2 OR (95% CI) N = 681	Model 3 OR (95% CI) N = 681
Receipt of sex education
Yes	1.00	1.00
No	1.45 (0.95-2.23)	1.69 (1.12-2.57)
Quality of sex education received through school
Good quality	1.00	1.00
Poor quality	0.77 (0.52-1.16)	0.77 (0.52-1.15)
No sex education	1.32 (0.84-2.08)	1.54 (0.99-2.40)
Usefulness of sex education
Useful	1.00	1.00
Not useful	2.17 (1.15-4.11)	1.93 (1.03-3.61)
No sex education	1.55 (1.00-2.39)	1.80 (1.18-2.74)

Hospital controls, complete case analysis (Total N=681)
Model 2: Adjusted for sex, age, religion, highest educational attainment of either parent
Model 3: Adjusted for sex, age, religion, marital status
OR Odds Ratio (if the OR>1, this suggests that exposed individuals were more likely to have self-poisoned than non-exposed individuals)
CI Confidence Interval (if the CI overlaps 1, this suggests that there is no statistical evidence of a difference in risk between exposed and non-exposed individuals)

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